Total Crime Rate
329.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Winship Terrace area has the 12th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Byker , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 903 local areas in Newcastle upon Tyne .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Winship Terrace (NE6 2JY) in the last 12 months was 329.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% higher than the Byker average (285.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 144.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winship Terrace (NE6 2JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Union Road, where police recorded 219 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Robinson Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Byker| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Michaelgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Robinson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Robinson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Robinson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Clydesdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chirton Wynd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chirton Wynd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Michaelgate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conyers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spires Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Conyers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shields Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Michael'S Mount | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shields Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spires Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shields Lane | — |
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